With thermometers perpetually down in the teens and 20s through the end of the work week, New Yorkers have a glimmer of hope to hold on to for Sunday: highs in the 40s (with rain and snow expected).

But that’s five days away.

Many New Yorkers spent President’s Day near their closest radiator. Monday was ice cold, but not cold enough to set a record, said John Murray, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. A low of 3 degrees was recorded in Central Park at 7:29 a.m. on Monday, and the record low of 1 degree was recorded back in 1888.

New York is expected to get three to four inches of snow by the end of the morning Tuesday, Murray said. The snowstorm, a quickly moving low pressure area coming up from the coast of the Carolinas, should blow through by the afternoon.